People
5 top management priorities for 2011
Columnist Steve Kelman identifies the Obama administration's best options for improving the management of government programs and operations.
People
5 necessary truths about Gov 2.0
Efforts to engage with the public might move to the back burner unless federal leaders can make them relevant to broader issues.
People
5 sure-fire bets for federal IT in 2011
In what promises to be a chaotic year for government, Alan Balutis presents five things you can count on happening in federal IT.
Digital Government
Just whistle ...
As we sift through legal cases as part of our news reporting process, we sure see a lot of feds fail at pressing whistleblower claims and/or obtaining redress for whistleblowing-related retaliation—and it’s not because of a shortage of wrongdoing in the federal government.
Digital Government
Microsoft unveils do-not-track feature in browser
Internet Explorer will allow consumers to block tracking feature from sites.
Modernization
USDA moves to the cloud
Agency plans to move 120,000 users to cloud-based messaging system.
Modernization
Viewpoint: Happy Birthday, Open Government Directive
The Obama administration has created an infrastructure that puts agencies on a path to proactively involving citizens in federal decision making.
People
Some lawmakers seek to dilute pay freeze proposal
Some House members want to leave federal pay adjustments beyond 2011 to the next Congress.
Digital Government
WikiLeaks could be thwarted by new State Dept. system
The State Department has replaced the kinds of diplomatic cables that were leaked to WikiLeaks with a new, more secure collaborative system, reports Government Computer News.
Digital Government
Dreaming of early outs
Even some of the most dedicated feds are fed up (pun intended). One recent comment on this blog noted that if his agency offered a "buy-out"—more properly called a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) or Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) offer—the workforce there would immediately experience a reduction-in-force of one.
Digital Government